(1) While he clearly indicates productions he considers successful, I would be hard-pressed to descry a pattern among them.(2) How could she possibly descry the ship's position from a standpoint of utter blindness.(3) Ostensibly sympathetic to those on the raft, the painting shows the survivors descrying a ship barely visible on the horizon.(4) Venturing further into the meadow, he descried four figures near the other side of the meadow.(5) Below, the ground grew rougher; from time to time he descried blurred lines upon the earth - the overgrown walking-tracks of humans.(6) Commissioned to dispel the clouds, the samurai u2018stared upward and descried a weird form in the clouds.u2019